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Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 1:46 pm
by Mito Man
Maidstone Sports Cars are the main Lotus specialist around here but no idea if they're any good. I've seen them advertised on some cars going round Brands Hatch so maybe they know a bit.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:12 pm
by dan
scotta wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 1:45 pm
dan wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 1:28 pm
I almost posted if its a hunter rig equipped place just walk away but thought better of it. I had a customer take his v6 for new tyres after i'd geo'd it and they stuck it on a hunter machine without asking and gave him a completely spurious set of readings, so he then drove 10 minutes up the road to another hunter rig and got a completely different set of readings. They might be expensive machines but I wouldn't let the donkeys that drive them geo my lawn mower.
Everyone foams at the mouth at 340r settings without realising they're about as vanilla as it gets. Take it somewhere like steve williams or backontrack or whoever else is down there and actually geo's elises for a living.
THe 340R setting worked really well on my S1. I did over 30 trackdays in it.
What settings would you recommend over what the stated 340R settings are?
Its a perfectly good start point.
It depends on what wishbone bushes you have, what tyres you run and what your intended use is. There's no one size fits all.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:28 pm
by duncs500
I don't even know how you set up my car
@dan, I just trusted that it would be right, and it is.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:34 pm
by dan
duncs500 wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:28 pm
I don't even know how you set up my car @dan, I just trusted that it would be right, and it is.
I've had a lot of practice
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 5:48 pm
by IanF
Rich, does your van have a towbar? (Or should that be toebar?) Borrow a trailer, drive up to Dan’s, mountain bike around the Lake District for the weekend and pick up a fully sorted (for now) Elise on the way back.. easy!
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:17 pm
by Rich B
IanF wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 5:48 pm
Rich, does your van have a towbar? (Or should that be toebar?) Borrow a trailer, drive up to Dan’s, mountain bike around the Lake District for the weekend and pick up a fully sorted (for now) Elise on the way back.. easy!
Just 1 or 2 issues with the plan!
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:22 pm
by Matty
I'm free this Saturday - stick me on the insurance, you can keep the Up as collateral, I'll drive it to Dan's and bring it back for you and advise in my expert* opinion whether Dan's done it right
*this may be a slight exaggeration
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:44 pm
by dan
I particularly like how to southerners Birmingham is the same as the Lake District
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:47 pm
by Rich B
dan wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:44 pm
I particularly like how to southerners Birmingham is the same as the Lake District
Hes a well educated, very well travelled one too!
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:47 pm
by Sundayjumper
IanF wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 5:48 pm
Borrow a trailer…
<waves>
Got one here if you need it.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:51 pm
by Sundayjumper
Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:47 pm
dan wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:44 pm
I particularly like how to southerners Birmingham is the same as the Lake District
Hes a well educated, very well travelled one too!
To be fair, for Ian, Birmingham to Lake District is about ten mins
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:52 pm
by DeskJockey
Surely the right option is for @dan to buy a lorry, convert it to a mobile garage with a two and four post lift, then travel the length and breadth if the country servicing Lotii.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:24 pm
by duncs500
I do enjoy how everyone thinks that Dan has just been sitting around waiting for an ov9er to come and give him something to do... at this time of year he's probably up to his eyeballs.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:27 pm
by Rich B
duncs500 wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:24 pm
I do enjoy how everyone thinks that Dan has just been sitting around waiting for an ov9er to come and give him something to do... at this time of year he's probably up to his eyeballs.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:44 pm
by dan
My diary is currently full until July but if you can wait till then I can help
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:55 pm
by IanF
Can’t be that far.. I can cover both with my thumb on a map!
Tbh, i thought Dan was northern and was north of Manchester, not from Dudley! Actually, Birmingham is even better, Rich doesn’t even after take a half-day before dropping it off!..
Can you not use the string method and organise a proper setup afterwards?
I’d offer to help but sat on a beach in Barbados with a load of drunk girls for a couple of days
Does this help?
https://wiki.seloc.org/a/Geo_Alignment_Rig_(Home_Made)
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:57 pm
by IanF
duncs500 wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:24 pm
I do enjoy how everyone thinks that Dan has just been sitting around waiting for an ov9er to come and give him something to do... at this time of year he's probably up to his eyeballs.
But do those other people know the OV9 secret handshake!?
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:03 pm
by Rich B
IanF wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:55 pm
Can you not use the string method and organise a proper setup afterwards?
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:38 am
by Rich B
Result (hopefully) - Steve Williams have squeezed me in next week!
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:43 am
by duncs500
